How to Play Block Blast: Rules, Scoring and First Tips

Block Blast is played on a square grid of 8 rows and 8 columns. That is 64 cells. At the start, the board is empty. Your job is to place blocks on it, clear lines to make space, and keep going for as long as you can.

There is no final level to win in the normal game. You play to get a higher score than last time. The game ends only when you run out of moves.

At the bottom of the screen you see three pieces. You drag each one onto the board and let go. When you have placed all three, you get three new ones.

• You can place the three pieces in any order. You do not have to start with the first one.
• Pieces do not rotate. They stay exactly the way they are shown.
• There is no undo. Once a piece is placed, it stays.
• A piece must fit fully inside the board and must not cover a filled cell.

That third point is important. Because pieces cannot turn, the shape you are given decides where it can go. That is why the order you place your pieces in matters so much.

When every cell in a row is filled, that row clears and becomes empty again. The same is true for a column. This is the only way to get space back.

You can clear more than one line at a time. If a single piece completes two rows, or a row and a column, they all clear together, and you score more. See how to plan for this in how to get a higher score.

You earn points for placing blocks, and more points for clearing lines. Clearing several lines with one piece is worth much more than clearing the same lines one by one.

Clearing lines turn after turn builds a streak and bigger scores. See how to get a higher score for how it adds up.

The exact points can be different between versions and modes of the game, and they can change in updates. So we explain the idea and not the exact numbers.

The game ends when none of your three pieces can be placed anywhere on the board. It does not matter how many empty cells are left. If no piece fits, it is over.

Sometimes players think this is a bug. It is not. Read what to do when you have no moves left to see how it happens and how to check.

For your first games, aim for two things: look at all three pieces before you place one, and keep some open space. More in space-saving tips.

A solver can check your board when you are stuck. See how it works.